Amos 9 · Verse 12

Amos 9:12

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

Amos 9:12, King James Version

Amos 9:12 in other translations

BSB	that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
WEB	that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the LORD who does this.
ASV	that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.
YLT	So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah--doer of this.
DARBY	that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, saith Jehovah who doeth this.
BBE	So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.
Webster	That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, who are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

What does Amos 9:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. That they may possess ... remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen--"Edom," the bitter foe, though the brother, of Israel; therefore to be punished (Am 1:11, 12), Israel shall be lord of the "remnant" of Edom left after the punishment of the latter. James quotes it, "That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles," &c. For "all the heathen" nations stand on the same footing as Edom: Edom is the representative of them all. The residue or remnant in both cases expresses those left after great antecedent calamities (Ro 9:27; Zec 14:16). Here the conversion of "all nations" (of which the earnest was given in James's time) is represented as only to be realized on the re-establishment of the theocracy under Messiah, the Heir of the throne of David (Am 9:11). The possession of the heathen nations by Israel is to be spiritual, the latter being the ministers to the former for their conversion to Messiah, King of the Jews; just as the first conversions of pagans were through the ministry of the apostles, who were Jews. Compare Is 54:3, "thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles" (compare Is 49:8; Ro 4:13). A remnant of Edom became Jews under John Hyrcanus, and the rest amalgamated with the Arabians, who became Christians subsequently. which are called by my name--that is, who belong to Me, whom I claim as Mine (Psa 2:8); in the purposes of electing grace, God terms them already called by His name. Compare the title, "the children," applied by anticipation, He 2:14. Hence as an act of sovereign grace, fulfilling His promise, it is spoken of God. Proclaim His title as sovereign, "the Lord that doeth this" ("all these things," Ac 15:17, namely, all these and such like acts of sovereign love).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom - Bp. Newcome translates this clause as follows: "That the residue of men may seek Jehovah, and all the heathen who are called by my name." Here, instead of אדום Edom, he reads אדם Adam, men or mankind, which is the reading of the Arabic, and some MSS. of the Syriac, and of Act 15:17. The Pachomian MS. of the Septuagint adds here, ὁπως εκζητησωσι με, that they may seek me. And the Arabic has the Lord; and in stead of יירשו yireshu, "they shall possess," the learned bishop seems to have read ידרשו yidreshu, "they may seek;" and thus the text resembles the quotation by St. James, Act 15:17, "That the residue of men might seek after the Lord." It is strange that not one of the MSS. collated by Kennicott and De Rossi, nor any of my own, favors or countenances any of these alterations. I am of opinion, therefore, that we must dismiss all these conjectural emendations, and take the Hebrew text as we find it. That it speaks of the conversion of the Jews in Gospel times, we have the authority of the New Testament as above to prove; and it we cannot make the words, as they stand there, entirely to agree with the words here, the subject is not affected by it. The Jews shall be converted and restored, and this text in both covenants is a proof of it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 9:11-15

Christ died to gather together the children of God that were scattered abroad, here said to be those who were called by his name. The Lord saith this, who doeth this, who can do it, who has determined to do it, the power of whose grace is engaged for doing it. Verses #(13-15) may refer to the early times of Christianity, but will receive a more glorious fulfilment in the events which all the prophets more or less…

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Amos 9:12 in the original Hebrew

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לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616

יִֽירְשׁ֜וּyi.re.Shuthey may dispossessH3423

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

שְׁאֵרִ֤יתshe.'e.Rit[the] remnant ofH7611

אֱדוֹם֙'e.dOmEdomH123

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605

הַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834

נִקְרָ֥אnik.Ra'it is calledH7121

שְׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034

עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068

עֹ֥שֶׂה'O.seh[who is] about to doH6213

זֹּֽאת\׃\ \פZotthisH2063

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Cross references for Amos 9:12

Isaiah 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Acts 15:17
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Jeremiah 14:9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Isaiah 63:19
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Daniel 9:18-19
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Isaiah 14:1-2
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Numbers 24:17-18
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
Isaiah 11:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
Psalms 60:8
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

possess.
Isa 11:14; 14:1,2; Joe 3:8; Ob 1:18-21
Edom.
Ge 27:29,37; Nu 24:17; Ps 60:8; Mal 1:4
which are called by my name. Heb. upon whom my name iscalled.
Isa 43:7; 63:19; 65:1; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Da 9:18,19

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Context

Amos 9:11
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Amos 9:12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

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Amos 9:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Para que aquellos sobre los cuales es llamado mi nombre, posean el resto de Idumea, y á todas las naciones, dice Jehová que hace esto.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	afin qu’ils possèdent le reste d’Édom, et toutes les nations sur lesquelles mon nom est réclamé, dit l’ Éternel qui fait cela.
German Elberfelder 1871	auf daß sie den Überrest Edoms und all die Nationen in Besitz nehmen, über welche mein Name genannt werden wird spricht Jehova, der dieses tut.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	ut possideant reliquias Idumææ, et omnes nationes: eo quod invocatum sit nomen meum super eos, dicit Dominus faciens hæc.